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The American Dream: Pop to the Present
Stephen Coppel
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Description for The American Dream: Pop to the Present
Paperback. Presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. Num Pages: 316 pages, 350 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; ACXJ; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 250. .
The American Dream: From Pop to present presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. The 1960s was a period of change in the production, marketing and consumption of prints and the medium attracted a new generation of artists whose attitude towards making art had been conditioned by the monumentality and bold, eye-catching nature of popular imagery in postwar America, from advertising billboards to drive-in movies. Artists used to working on large canvases and huge sculptures created prints of an unprecedented ambition, ... Read more
The American Dream: From Pop to present presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. The 1960s was a period of change in the production, marketing and consumption of prints and the medium attracted a new generation of artists whose attitude towards making art had been conditioned by the monumentality and bold, eye-catching nature of popular imagery in postwar America, from advertising billboards to drive-in movies. Artists used to working on large canvases and huge sculptures created prints of an unprecedented ambition, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500292822
SKU
9780500292822
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About Stephen Coppel
Stephen Coppel is curator of modern prints and drawings at the British Museum. Catherine Daunt is Monument Trust project curator at the British Museum. Susan Tallman is editor-in-chief of the journal Art in Print.
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